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Edgar Allan Poe Poet, Writer
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"Truth is not always in a well. In fact, as regards the more important knowledge, I do believe that she is invariably superficial. The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found."

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Chad Smith Musician
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"Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination."

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Warren Buffett Investor, Businessman
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"The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the actual horsepower of their output in life. Potential exceeds realization for many people...The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be."

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Judith Butler Philosopher, Gender Theorist
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"I do think it's important that we experiment with new vocabularies. That new words help us conceptualize our social existence in a different way."

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Russell Means Activist, Actor
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"So I'd much rather get across the concept of freedom. It's what's important to Indian children. The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being. Otherwise you become what the colonizers have designed, and that is a lemming. Get in line, punch all the right keys, and die."

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Joseph Stalin Politician, Revolutionary
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"The production of souls is more important than the production of tanks.... And therefore I raise my glass to you, writers, the engineers of the human soul."

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Butch Walker Musician, Producer
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"Your youth is the most important thing you will ever have. It's when you will connect to music like a primal urge, and the memories attached to the songs will never leave you. Please hold on to everything. Keep every note, mix tape, concert ticket stub, and memory you have of music from your youth. It'll be the one thing that might keep you young, even if you aren't anymore."

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Rachel Carson Biologist, Conservationist, Author
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"We are not truly civilized if we concern ourselves only with the relation of man to man. What is important is the relation of man to all life."

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